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3rd grade

Course: 3rd grade > Unit 11

Lesson 4: Comparing area and perimeter
Math
3rd grade
Perimeter
Comparing area and perimeter
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Area and perimeter word problems

CCSS.Math: 3.MD.D.8
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Problem

A restaurant has a rectangular patio section that is 8 meters wide by 6 meters long. They want to use fencing to enclose the patio.
How much fencing will they need to go around their new patio?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
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